Erin Merhar is a creative entrepreneur and food stylist with over a decade of experience developing recipes for cookbooks, editorial outlets, and leading consumer brands. Most recently, she was the ...

There's nothing difficult about bean cookery since it is only a question of time. Before cooking, all dried beans need to be rehydrated by soaking. The 10- to 12-hour overnight soak is the easy and ...

Why do people soak beans before cooking them? Does it give any benefits? What about soaking lentils and dried peas? The short answer is that soaking beans, though not needed, has many advantages — ...

I confess, I too was once guilty of cooking baked beans the wrong way. Like many, I prioritised speed and convenience, with the familiar 'ping' of the microwave heralding a quick meal of beans on ...